Magical Midwinter

December, the final month. Yule. Christmas and the holiday season. Dark nights and icy mornings. Frost bitten fingers and red noses. Grass that crunches underfoot and trees etched in stark relief against startling bright sunsets. A beautiful month, the red of the holly berry against the shining, moist leaves, the bejewelled fallen leaves on theContinue

Where’s Me Jumper? – The true Irish Summer returns

  I hate to say it but I believe the true Irish Summer has arrived – flashback to open fires in July and the continual wearing of the favourite fleece, or Aran jumper on holidays. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a huge fan of the heat wave, well, it’s not that I don’tContinue